William W. Hagen

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William W. Hagen (born 1942) is a historian and professor of history at the University of California-Davis.

Hagen's focus is on modern European history, primarily in relation to Germany and Eastern Europe. He obtained his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Starting as assistant professor in 1970, he became associate professor of history in 1977 and professor of history in 1981. From 1992 to 1998, Hagen served as director of the UC Davis Center for History, Society, and Culture. In 1996, he served as president of the Conference Group for Central European History (American Historical Association).Recipient of grants, including from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, where he was fellow in residence 1990-91. For fuller details, see https://hagen.faculty.ucdavis.edu/

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  1. The Chester Penn Higby Prize for 2012, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 85, No. 1 (March 2013), pp. v-ix